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Indian Bank provides educational loan to 26000 students

Puducherry, Feb 26 (UNI) The Indian Bank had extended educational loan to the tune of Rs 260 crore to 26,000 students till December 2006 during the financial year 2006-07, CMD of the bank K C Chakraborty said here today.

In an informal chat with newspersons on the sidelines of the Bharat Nirman Information campaign, Mr Chakraborty said the loan amount was expected to reach Rs 300 crore by the end of the financial year, and Rs 600 crore provided to 60,000 students was outstanding, he added.

Stating that it was very difficult to track the students, Mr Chakraborty called for some national system for the purpose.

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Kidnapped children remain untraced

Imphal, Feb 21 (UNI) Two school children, kidnapped on December 14, remained untraced so far. The All India Christian Council, Manipur Branch and All Manipur Christian Organization expressed their concern over the abduction. ''Kidnapping of such tender children just for the sake of quenching one's greed is really unfortunate,'' the organisations said. The AICC (M) and AMCO appealed to the abductors to release the two innocent captives -- Moheni Martin and Hriinii Hubert, safe and sound. UNI.....

SC directs ICICI to settle issue with a widow

New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) On being severely pulled by the Supreme Court for employing ''musclemen'' as recovery agents, the ICICI bank today offered to settle the issue with a 75 year old widow whose truck was forcibly taken away by the agents of the bank from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh in July 2006. A bench comprising Justices A R Laxmanan and Altamas Kabir today directed both the parties to inform the court on Monday next, whether any settlement was possible.....

Official abducted during coop poll in MP

Bhopal, Feb 21 (UNI) An Agriculture Department official has been abducted by about half-a-dozen armed men while a cooperative bodies' election was underway in Noda in Bhind district's. A UNI report from Bhind district headquarters said that a case was registered late last night against Bharatiya Janata Party District General Secretary Guddu Sharma, Ramkaran Singh and five others who were absconding. Mr Sukhram was on poll duty when he was abducted. Raising the matter in the Assembly during zero hour today,.....
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